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Princetonians, 1748-1768 - A Biographical Dictionary (Hardcover)
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Princetonians, 1748-1768 - A Biographical Dictionary (Hardcover)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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Benjamin Rush, William Paterson, David Ramsay, Oliver Ellsworth,
Jonathan Edwards, Jr.--these are only a few of the remarkable men
who attended the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University)
in its first twenty-one classes. Alumni included five members of
the Constitutional Convention of 1787, twenty two participants in
the Continental Congress, four Senators, seven Congressmen, and two
Justices of the Supreme Court. This volume describes the lives of
the 338 men who graduated from the College between 1748 and 1768.
Their biographies are arranged by year of graduation, and an
introduction provides the early history of the College and its role
in colonial culture. In sharp contrast to the graduates of other
colleges at the time, Princeton's early students were either born
or found their later careers in every one of the thirteen states as
well as in Tennessee, Kentucky, the West Indies, and Ireland. After
graduation most became clergymen, lawyers, doctors, businessmen,
and soldiers. While some served as national leaders, others rose to
prominence in state and local government, becoming governors, state
legislators, and participants in the drafting of state
constitutions. This record of their lives is a mine of information
about America during the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early
National periods. Originally published in 1977. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
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